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Help London’s vulnerable species recover. Without your help, we could lose them for good
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Help London’s vulnerable species recover. Without your help, we could lose them for good
A series of insect portraits at Gunnersbury Triangle
Illustration student and London Wildlife Trust volunteer Tara Louise Hughes has created a trail of beautiful wood-burned insect portraits to discover among the trees, ponds and brambles.
Four bat species you are likely to see in London
Bats are nocturnal mammals, seen dimly at dusk and very occasionally during the day. They are most active in the summer months when they can sometimes be spotted swooping around as they catch their insect prey in flight.
Use our guides below to find out how to identify some of the bat species you might find around London!
Use our guides below to find out how to identify some of the bat species you might find around London!
Worrying declines in insect numbers
We’re hard working to give much needed space for London’s magnificent diversity of insects; they help to make the city work. But there’s much more to do if we are to reverse their worrying…
5 species to spot in London this spring and where to see them
Spot this seasons wildlife wonders.
Protect London's chalk grassland for rare species
Donate to help protect London's important chalk grassland habitat
Buzz Map: Insect DNA Mapping
Join Walthamstow's conservation team in a citizen science project discovering the diversity of insects from across the UK.
Water stick insect
The water stick insect looks just like a mantis. An underwater predator, it uses its front legs to catch its prey. Its tail acts as a kind of 'snorkel', so it can breathe in the water.…
What's in a name? How some species gained a London epithet
Pinks in Deptford and beauties in Camberwell? Discover London’s denominative flora and fauna...
The massive conurbation that London is today often belies the rural nature of her not-too distant past.
The massive conurbation that London is today often belies the rural nature of her not-too distant past.